Hasan Piker Is Only the Latest US Citizen Targeted by DHS
The border detention and interrogation of left-wing streamer Hasan Piker is just the latest incident that suggests Donald Trump is using the immigration system to harass his critics.
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Canada’s “Maple MAGA” Secessionists
Alberta’s right-wing separatist push, driven by political opportunism and petro power, could pose a serious challenge to Canadian democracy — with potentially wide-ranging consequences for workers, the economy, public services, and the country as a whole.
Kashmir Must Be Free to Decide Its Own Future
A cease-fire deal pulled India and Pakistan back from the brink of conflict, but the danger hasn’t gone away. The ongoing denial of democratic rights in Kashmir ensures that the region will remain a source of instability and potential conflict.
GOP Lawmakers Are Hitting a Roadblock on Tax Cuts
As Donald Trump changes his tune on cutting taxes for the rich, House Republicans are scrambling to save their personal tax cuts.
The Trouble With Equity
Corporate America and the rich have used anti-racism to distract from broader inequality. Ensuring that every racial group has identical access to society’s limited resources does nothing to change an economy that exploits the many to enrich the few.
Republicans Are Trying to Block State Regulation of AI
GOP lawmakers have just added a ten-year federal preemption of state-level artificial intelligence laws to the House’s budget reconciliation bill — effectively nullifying all local efforts to regulate AI technology.
We Need Democratic Media, Not Corporate or State Propaganda
Public broadcasting isn’t the enemy of free speech. Profit-driven media is. Trump’s attack on NPR and PBS distracts from the real path away from censorship and toward viewpoint diversity: a large, democratically controlled, publicly funded media ecosystem.
Democratic Workplaces Make Economies Stronger
Recent Canadian legislation allows for a way forward in the face of trade shocks: give workers more ownership and control. Democratically run firms could offer workers everywhere a path toward stability, fairness, and long-term economic strength.
The Democrats Actively Expedited Class Dealignment
In the 1990s, Democrats adopted a neoliberal program to suit the needs of capital, driving many workers out. The party then adopted a political strategy meant to replace working-class voters with professionals — with disastrous consequences.
Trump’s Unimpressive Yemen Cease-Fire Deal
With Donald Trump’s cease-fire deal with Yemen, we now have the same outcome that we would have had if Trump had never started bombing Yemen in the first place.
Trump’s Budget: Starving Everything Except the Military
Donald Trump’s federal budget for 2026 would funnel more money to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security — and proposes deep cuts to almost everything else.
Sri Lanka’s Left in the Tariff Trap
Sri Lanka’s new left-wing government has already been tested by tariff shocks and IMF pressure. Either it can radically reform a broken export-led model, or else give up on the promise it offered to working people.
Where in the World Is Andrew Cuomo?
New York City’s mayoral race is in full swing. Yet the front-runner, disgraced former governor and champion of corporate interests Andrew Cuomo, is nowhere to be found.
The MAGA Plan to Weaken Boxing’s Labor Protections
The Saudi-funded TKO Group, which also owns UFC and WWE, is starting its own boxing promotion. With the support of MAGA Republicans, it plans to upend the sport’s protections, scrap safeguards, and undermine regulatory institutions.
The FDA’s New Culture of Secrecy
Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the FDA has purged public health information on vaccines, contraception, HIV, and more. Internal FDA emails reveal deceptive practices that are anything but the “radical transparency” Kennedy promised.
The European Union Still Can’t Shake the Austerity Habit
European leaders have been looking for ways to loosen budgetary rules so they can increase military budgets. But the new policy regime won’t create more room for the social and ecological investment Europe desperately needs after years of austerity.
India and Pakistan Are on the Brink of Catastrophe
Many Hindu nationalists termed the recent Pahalgam terror attack “our October 7” and now call for Pakistan to be “reduced to rubble.” Even under a tenuous cease-fire, nationalist saber-rattling is colliding with the collapse of international law.
Free Speech Is Under Attack in Texas
Texas is currently one of 35 states with robust legal protections against SLAPP suits. New Texas resident Elon Musk is banding together with entrenched fossil fuel interests in a campaign to roll these protections back.
The Left Has to Speak to Average Americans’ Values
Joan C. Williams argues that progressives and leftists aren’t doomed to keep losing working-class voters — if they can stop dismissing the cultural principles that grant average Americans’ lives dignity.
Germany’s New Chancellor Is a Man Without Qualities
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, is the worst possible man for the job. Throughout his career, he has held a dogged commitment to a neoliberal ideology that has destroyed Europe’s social fabric.